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brighroosh's review against another edition
4.0
This book gave me so much more information than i had anticipated about saving Italy's works of art during World War II. Something that i came away with was how horrific the war was, and the incredible damage and Italian lives lost. This filled in some gaps of the movie "The Monuments Men." I will read other books by Edsel on the subject in the future...
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4.5
I really enjoyed this follow up to the Monuments amen, focused on the efforts of art scholars Deane Keller and Frederick Hartt (future giant of the art history world) and their attempt to save the treasures of Italy. From the race to remove paintings from the Uffizi to get them to far away villas to the attempt to hunt down Cranach paintings looted by Goehring to the valiant and miraculous efforts to save DaVinci’s Last Supper from bombing runs on Milan, this book will have art lovers on the edge of their seats. It took so long for the world to realize the service these art historians turned Army men did for art, culture, and humanity - Edsel’s book is packed with information and little-known facts, including the role of German Colonel Karl Wolff in saving paintings and artifacts from certain destruction by his own forces.
paintergirl4ever's review against another edition
5.0
This is a really great history book that gives you insight on the art world, the arts of work that are still missing, and the men that worked so hard to save and maintain the worlds history. I would read it again!
danicapage's review against another edition
3.0
I am not trying to downplay the loss of life and all the other very real atrocities, which is obviously much more devastating and horrific.
Having said that, hearing about all the loss of art, literature, knowledge, and culture was devastating too.
Having said that, hearing about all the loss of art, literature, knowledge, and culture was devastating too.